marrying Sunita and circumventing the provisions of
Section 494, IPC. Jitender Mathur asserts that having
embraced Islam, he can have ... such would be
nonest. Section 494IndianPenalCode is as under:-
"Marrying again during lifetime of
husband or wife

convicted of an offence under s. 494
I.P.C. (and appellant No. 2 of abetting him) for going
through ... barber, were tried for an offence under S. 494 I.P.C. The
latter three were acquitted by the Magistrate

fact that the offence
punishable under Section 494IPC as amended by the State
of Andhra Pradesh was made cognizable ... liable to fine."
Reportable
As far as Section 494IPC is concerned, the criminality
attaches to the act of second

abetment of the offences against the abettors. Under Section 494 I.P.C., "Whoever having a husband or wife living ... offence is established as provided by Section 494, I.P.C. In the first place when once the rule under

Presidency Magistrate, convicting the petitioner under Section 494IndianPenalCode and sentencing him to rigorous imprisonment for three months ... these allegations the petitioner was charged under Section 494IndianPenalCode for marrying again when he had a wife

Hindu Marriage Act read with Section 494IPC. Since taking of cognizance of the offence under Section 494 is limited ... virtue of Section 17 of the Act and Section 494 I.P.C. will not apply to such parties

dated 06.08.07, under Sections 420
and 494IPC (P4/T), Police Station City Batala, District Batala.
2. The aforesaid ... complainant, the investigating agency, added offence, punishable under
Section 494IPC, in FIR No. 26, dated 02.03.07. It was further